Liberal Guilt Over Israel

Is it just me or is the New York Times turning into a parody of itself in respect of its coverage of Israel primarily as a source of guilt/anxiety/embarrassment for liberal Jews who don't live there?

The Sunday New York Times featured a long article along these lines in the magazine section ("The entire year 5774, in fact, was a trying one for Zemel and other liberal Zionists, who increasingly find themselves torn between their liberalism and Zionism and stranded in the disappearing middle between the extremes of a polarized American Jewish community. Micah's liberal Zionists remained wedded to a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians and estranged from the policies of a right-wing Israeli government, along with the reflexive Israel-can-do-no-wrong sentiment on Capitol Hill....") along with a long article along these lines on the front of the Sunday Review section by Roger Cohen ("Tolerance is under attack as a wave of Israeli nationalism unfurls and settlements grow in the West Bank. This virulent, Jews-first thinking led recently to a bill known as the nationality law that would rescind Arabic's status as an official language — and proved a catalyst to the breakup of Netanyahu's government. It also finds expression in the abuse hurled at anyone, including the Israeli president, Reuven Rivlin, who speaks up for Arab rights...".

One of these articles would be enough, but perhaps as a consequence of a Times that is so large that the magazine editors and the Sunday Review editors don't know what each other is up to, Times readers are saddled with both stories in one Sunday newspaper. It's overkill.